linux-kernel - Re: [2.6 patch] remove ata_cable

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Message-ID: <20080424155025.2bcf0f9b@the-village.bc.nu>
Date:	Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:50:25 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
Cc:	Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>, jgarzik@...ox.com,
	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] remove ata_cable_sata()

> I thought that you could simply set .flags in a driver without needing 
> any helper for .cable_detect .

In some cases yes, but exporting the complete set provides a logical and
complete API for drivers in case they do need to do so.
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